The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) announced the winners of its Excellence In Craft (EIC) contest and President’s Choice awards at its annual conference. Bill Sherck received six awards, while Matthew Miller and Ross Purnell each took home five awards.
The EIC Contest honors the best-of-the-best in a variety of communications formats, including blog, book, column, graphic/illustration, magazine, newspaper, photography, photography essay, radio/podcast and TV/video/webcast.
The President’s Choice awards, meanwhile, were selected by OWAA President Ken Keffer from among the 40 first-place winners in the blog, magazine, newspaper, photography, radio/podcast, and TV/video contests.
The overall President’s Choice award was presented to “On Grizzly Ground,” a film by Kris Millgate of Idaho that aired on PBS stations in Idaho and Oregon, in addition to various screenings. Millgate’s film follows federally protected grizzly bears through the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
Other President’s Choice awards went to:
- Blog – “A Field Guide to Unexpected, Out-of-Place Wildlife” by Matthew Miller (Idaho), Cool Green Science
- Magazine – “Baptism by Quail” by Russell Worth Parker (North Carolina), Garden and Gun Magazine
- Newspaper – “Changes are needed to protect longnose suckers, other native species’” by Paul Smith (Wisconsin), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Photography – “King Birch” by Dylan Jones (West Virginia), Stumptown Ales, Davis, WV
- Radio/Podcast – “Mepp’s Legacy…” by Bill Sherck (Minnesota), Podcasts/World Wide Web
A total of 135 EIC awards were presented to 78 OWAA members.
